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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Ditch the Men in 2010!

Each year, the ladies of Taconite sponsor an all girls four wheeler ride. My sister goes on this ride every year and I have joined her a couple of times. It is always a great time with great friends. There is a big pot luck at the end of the ride, and this year I decided to make a cake as my contribution to the pot luck. Since Taconite is in the heart of the Iron Range, and our wheeler ride would take us on trails that would bring us through some of the local mining areas and on top of some tailing dumps, I decided to make an Iron Range cake. Anyone driving through the Range knows what the dumps are, and most people who live up here know about the pits. Those two things were my inspiration for the cake. For those of you who are not familiar with the Iron Range, here are some beautiful shots that I took along our ride:

 So with that in mind, here is the cake that I made:
The pit is chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, and the dump is white cake tie dyed rainbow colors with chocolate frosting.
Here is the inside of the dump:
The ladies loved it!! :-)

Vikings Cake

I knew (well hoped!) it was just a matter of time before I was asked to make a Viking's cake. I was so excited when an old friend from high school contacted me and told me about her crazy Vikings obsessed boyfriend! :-) I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and luckily he apparently is not a big fan of chocolate, so my friend thought the plan was perfect! I started with a white cake and dyed it purple and yellow. 

Here is how it looked before it went into the oven:
     

Here is how it looked after I leveled off the layers: 
 

For the actual cake, I created a football field, complete with goal posts and the Viking's logo in the middle. It turned out pretty sweet, if I do say so myself!! hahaha


And here is how the inside looked as it was being cut:
 
Can't make it any more Viking-ish than that!! :-)

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Baby Shower Cake

Here is a cake I made for a coworker to celebrate the birth of his new daughter. Pink and brown are Mom and Dad's favorite colors for the new addition, so I decided to carry that theme over to the cake. 

The inside of the cake is a white cake dyed hot pink, and layered with chocolate cake to create a marble cake in the pink and brown theme

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Tie-Dye Cake

This is a cake for a little girl who is into tie dye, peace signs, smiley faces, and pretty much anything retro. The cake is a white cake tie dyed hot pink, teal blue, and orange with chocolate frosting. The pictures may not show the colors as well as they should because I was taking the pictures without any natural light, but it really is a hot pink, teal blue, and orange theme!